Move from Ventura to FrameMaker wise?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Anonymous Poster wondered: <<I have a prospective client who is 
considering moving from Ventura to FrameMaker. Their documentation 
contains text and tables, is broken up by chapters, and does not have 
any graphics. Before proceding with the project, she would like to know 
if there are advantages of moving to FrameMaker, or if it would better 
for them just to stick with Ventura.>>

The first question to ask whenever you're considering a software change 
is the following: "What problems are we trying to solve?" If the answer 
is "there are no particular problems", then why ever would you want to 
fix what isn't broken? Keep using what works until it stops working, or 
you see clear future signs that it will soon stop working.

Of course, if there _are_ problems, the question changes to something 
more useful: "We are currently facing the following problems: A, B, and 
C. Would moving to [Frame or whatever] solve these problems?" If the 
change would solve your problems, you can then move the discussion 
forward by explaining the nature of the work you're doing and asking 
whether such a move would introduce new problems, and whether the 
advantages that result from the switch justify the hassle of dealing 
with those new problems.

My advice: Collect the necessary information, as specified above, and 
ask your question again. Without more details, the responses are likely 
to boil down to "yes, Frame can handle pretty much anything you want it 
to handle, so why are you asking us?"

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(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)
www.geoff-hart.com
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